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Sociophyllum

Anthozoa - Stauriida - Stringophyllidae

Taxonomy
Sociophyllum was named by Birenheide (1962) [Sepkoski's age data: D Emsi D Fras Sepkoski's reference number: 422]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Stringophyllidae by Hill (1981); and to Rugosa by Sepkoski (2002).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1962Sociophyllum Birenheide
1981Sociophyllum Hill
2002Sociophyllum Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
subclassRugosa(Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850)
RankNameAuthor
orderStauriidaVerrill 1865
suborderPtenophyllinaWedekind 1927
familyStringophyllidaeWedekind 1922
genusSociophyllumBirenheide 1962

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. †Sociophyllum Birenheide 1962
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Sociophyllum homense Brownlaw and Jell 2008
Sociophyllum severiacum Wrzolek 1992
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available